Saturday 29 January 2011
Update: Client Project
Today, I went to the Galleries of Justice Museum and took the 'Lace Market Heritage Trail Audio Tour' to get a feel of the tour. I was given a small piece of equipment and some headphones to take with me. After this, I completed risk assessments for the videos I will be filming across the Lace Market.
Friday 28 January 2011
Update: personal progress
Just a quick update about my job hunting and postgraduate education. I applied for a teaching course a few months ago. I applied for both PGCE and GTP (graduate teacher programme), which are both held at Nottingham Trent. It was a something I thought through for a very long time, so I thought it was time to try and apply. I want to become a ICT teacher in a secondary school. This includes either ICT itself or Applied ICT. These courses require me to have at least 10 days experience in a secondary school, which I do not have. I do however have a years experience in an independent school. However, I have been told this does not count. I have been in contact with a few schools. The school I really wanted to gain my experience with is my old secondary school, Greenwood Dale, now known as the Nottingham Academy. Luckily, I have had a positive response from them and they called me in for an interview, which was on Wednesday 26th. It went a lot better than I expected.
I met all my old school teachers, talked with the head of ICT and discussed what I wanted to do and how they could help. They have called me back next week and the week after and have also said they will help me with interview techniques etc. To say I am trying to get a job at the place in the near future, them offering to help me with the interview is fantastic. It was great meeting with all the teachers again, and I spent a few hours going around meeting them. I also observed a 6th form ICT class and asked the students questions on the work they were doing to get a flavour of the module content.
I was also asked by my old media studies teacher if I would work with the media department for the documentary film module they have. I also did this when I was in 6th form, so I known everything is covers and how it goes. As well as this, I will be working with the students on a after-school film making class. It all seems really good and I am glad I have been offered all of these positions.
For my PGCE course, I have now been called in for an interview in a few weeks. Hopefully, my interview for the course goes well, and the job with the Nottingham Academy looks pleasing.
Also, I have been in contact with the YMCA media department for work. They got back to me and I was called in for a interview on Thursday 27th. Went really well and they asked me the equipment/softwares I can use, what work I've done etc. They asked me for a DVD of my work, which I did'nt have and will send later. It makes me think that having DVD copies of my work portfolio or building a website may be useful for myself. Anyway, they called me back to a film shooting they are doing in two weeks, which lasts 5 weeks, all across the country to get a flavour of the work they do. Hopefully, this will also lead me to something good.
I met all my old school teachers, talked with the head of ICT and discussed what I wanted to do and how they could help. They have called me back next week and the week after and have also said they will help me with interview techniques etc. To say I am trying to get a job at the place in the near future, them offering to help me with the interview is fantastic. It was great meeting with all the teachers again, and I spent a few hours going around meeting them. I also observed a 6th form ICT class and asked the students questions on the work they were doing to get a flavour of the module content.
I was also asked by my old media studies teacher if I would work with the media department for the documentary film module they have. I also did this when I was in 6th form, so I known everything is covers and how it goes. As well as this, I will be working with the students on a after-school film making class. It all seems really good and I am glad I have been offered all of these positions.
For my PGCE course, I have now been called in for an interview in a few weeks. Hopefully, my interview for the course goes well, and the job with the Nottingham Academy looks pleasing.
Also, I have been in contact with the YMCA media department for work. They got back to me and I was called in for a interview on Thursday 27th. Went really well and they asked me the equipment/softwares I can use, what work I've done etc. They asked me for a DVD of my work, which I did'nt have and will send later. It makes me think that having DVD copies of my work portfolio or building a website may be useful for myself. Anyway, they called me back to a film shooting they are doing in two weeks, which lasts 5 weeks, all across the country to get a flavour of the work they do. Hopefully, this will also lead me to something good.
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Update: Client Project
I have completed all my storyboards and scripts for my Lace Market interactive tour. I have handed them in to be checked so that I can fully finalised them and start filming. I have not heard from my partner on the project, therefore I decided not to complete the storyboard and script for the 4-minute video we were meant to do as a team.
Here is an example of a storyboard for one of my videos:
Here is an example of a storyboard for one of my videos:
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Research Project - Artefact 1 (re-done)
So, I have had my questionnaire checked over. A few minor mistakes, and one question was left out. I think it is important to get a questionnaire checked through by several people before distributing it as the results gained will reflect a lot better. The previous link to the questionnaire is now CLOSED, and the following is the link to my first questionnaire artefact.
Here it is:
Online questionnaire
Feel free to fill it out!
Here it is:
Online questionnaire
Feel free to fill it out!
Saturday 15 January 2011
Research Project - Artefact 1
I've been working on my questionnaire today. Haven't distributed it yet as I have given it to my tutor to check over before I do so.
Here it is:
Take my Online Survey
Here it is:
Take my Online Survey
Friday 14 January 2011
Update: Client Project
Ok, let me exlain the changes to my Client Project since the last blog. It is now NOT going to be an app, rather it will be an online application.
Brief description:
The application will be a map-based historical interactive tour of the area, which provides small videos about the buildings and their history. The content that will consist of this will be film clips, archive photographs, and further information about each place.
The application will include the historical tour of four buildings in the Lace Market. These are The Broadway, St. Mary’s Church, the Galleries of Justice and the Adams Building. Each of these four places of interest will have a 2-minute clip telling the user about the place e.g. History, architecture etc. These will also be an option to browse through images of the past from that place with other archive material to support it. All clips will be shot in a DV format. Alongside these four videos will be a 4-minute inital video clip giving the user a brief overview of the Lace Market without going into too much detail. All of these video will be backed by a voiceover. We already have in place a series of voiceovers for our chosen places of interest and we will use these only if permission is gained from the owner. If permission is not granted, we will write the voice-overs ourselves. So far, I have done research on the history of the Lace Market and have dug up some useful documents and information from the local studies library of Nottingham. As this material cannot be taken out on loan from the library, getting all the information can be time-consuming as it needs to be photocopied. I still have some archive material to collect. I will get it from the Nottingham Archives, some images from a website called www.picturethepast.org.uk, and I may also use the Nottingham Evening Post.
The Lace Market Today:
A man working on a Lace Machine in the bulding now known as the Adam's Bulding (College):
On completion of the application, it will be available for people to view online.
The proposal and treatment has been written for this project, and I am now in the process of editing my voice-over clips to be played over my videos. Another student Abdul Seedat is working with me, and we have defined roles. I will complete two videos and he will complete two. The 4-minute initial video will be done together. I visited the Lace Market several times over the Christmas holidays to gain a structure and formation of different shots for the treatment that I wrote up.
Brief description:
The application will be a map-based historical interactive tour of the area, which provides small videos about the buildings and their history. The content that will consist of this will be film clips, archive photographs, and further information about each place.
The application will include the historical tour of four buildings in the Lace Market. These are The Broadway, St. Mary’s Church, the Galleries of Justice and the Adams Building. Each of these four places of interest will have a 2-minute clip telling the user about the place e.g. History, architecture etc. These will also be an option to browse through images of the past from that place with other archive material to support it. All clips will be shot in a DV format. Alongside these four videos will be a 4-minute inital video clip giving the user a brief overview of the Lace Market without going into too much detail. All of these video will be backed by a voiceover. We already have in place a series of voiceovers for our chosen places of interest and we will use these only if permission is gained from the owner. If permission is not granted, we will write the voice-overs ourselves. So far, I have done research on the history of the Lace Market and have dug up some useful documents and information from the local studies library of Nottingham. As this material cannot be taken out on loan from the library, getting all the information can be time-consuming as it needs to be photocopied. I still have some archive material to collect. I will get it from the Nottingham Archives, some images from a website called www.picturethepast.org.uk, and I may also use the Nottingham Evening Post.
The Lace Market Today:
A man working on a Lace Machine in the bulding now known as the Adam's Bulding (College):
On completion of the application, it will be available for people to view online.
The proposal and treatment has been written for this project, and I am now in the process of editing my voice-over clips to be played over my videos. Another student Abdul Seedat is working with me, and we have defined roles. I will complete two videos and he will complete two. The 4-minute initial video will be done together. I visited the Lace Market several times over the Christmas holidays to gain a structure and formation of different shots for the treatment that I wrote up.
Thursday 13 January 2011
Update: Research Project
Haven't blogged in a while. Completed my Research document, and work on plans for my artifacts over the Christmas holidays.
My research project topic is about Online TV. My research question is: 'How has online TV affected the user's viewing experience?'. This researches how online TV has changed users habits for watching their TV programmes. It looks into how online TV has changed viewing figures, how digital piracy links with this, and technoligies that are already implemented to make the user's viewing experience better. I have looked at the various onine TV platforms for my research and read two books (The Television Will Be Revolutionzed, By Amanda. D. Lotz and and a book called 'Online Television). A website that has helped me a lot during research is Pew Internet. It is a website that gathers surveys, and it contains alot of information about online teleivision statistics and figures.
This is an example of a survey that Pew Internet have done, this shows the increse in online video from 2007-2009 by age range:
--------Groups---------------------2007----2008----2009
1.------Young Adults 18-29---------76%-----72%-----90%
2.------Adults 30-49----------------57%-----57%-----67%
3.------Older Adults 50-64---------46%-----34%-----41%
4.------Seniors 55 and Up----------39%-----19%-----27%
I have looked into different research methodologies and I have breifly got an idea of which ones would work with my topic of Online TV, but these may change as my artifacts come along. I want to include questionnaires, expert interviews, gainig information from television companies i.e. BBC, ITV, Channel 4 who also have an online tv plarform, peoples diary of viewing habits.
My research project topic is about Online TV. My research question is: 'How has online TV affected the user's viewing experience?'. This researches how online TV has changed users habits for watching their TV programmes. It looks into how online TV has changed viewing figures, how digital piracy links with this, and technoligies that are already implemented to make the user's viewing experience better. I have looked at the various onine TV platforms for my research and read two books (The Television Will Be Revolutionzed, By Amanda. D. Lotz and and a book called 'Online Television). A website that has helped me a lot during research is Pew Internet. It is a website that gathers surveys, and it contains alot of information about online teleivision statistics and figures.
This is an example of a survey that Pew Internet have done, this shows the increse in online video from 2007-2009 by age range:
--------Groups---------------------2007----2008----2009
1.------Young Adults 18-29---------76%-----72%-----90%
2.------Adults 30-49----------------57%-----57%-----67%
3.------Older Adults 50-64---------46%-----34%-----41%
4.------Seniors 55 and Up----------39%-----19%-----27%
I have looked into different research methodologies and I have breifly got an idea of which ones would work with my topic of Online TV, but these may change as my artifacts come along. I want to include questionnaires, expert interviews, gainig information from television companies i.e. BBC, ITV, Channel 4 who also have an online tv plarform, peoples diary of viewing habits.
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